Dhaka:A five-member panel of chairmen was nominated by Speaker Hafiz Uddin Ahmad on Monday to oversee the 4th session of the 13th Parliament in the absence of the Speaker and the Deputy Speaker.
According to United News of Bangladesh, the panel chairmen include BNP lawmakers Md Shahjahan (Noakhali-4), Sarwar Jamal Nizam (Chattogram-13), and Barrister Muhammad Nawshad Zamir (Panchagarh-1), Jamaat lawmaker Shahjahan Chowdhury (Chattogram-15), and BNP lawmaker Rasheda Begum Hira (Women Seat-3).
The Speaker announced their names at the beginning of the 4th session, which commenced around 330 pm. These chairmen will conduct the proceedings of Parliament in a chronological order in the absence of the Speaker and the Deputy Speaker.
The panel of chairmen was nominated in accordance with Rule 12 (1) of the Rules of Procedure of Parliament. Rule 12 (1) stipulates that at the commencement of each session, the Speaker shall nominate, from amongst the Members of Parliament, a panel of not more than five Chairmen. The names are arranged in order of precedence, and the person highest on the panel present at the sitting shall take the Chair in the absence of the Speaker and the Deputy Speaker.